Literary theory has a reputation for being difficult, unfairly or not. Whatever the case, everyone approaches literature (or any sort of cultural production — film, painting, sculpture, website, ...

This course introduces students to a wide range of critical theories that English majors need to know. We’ll begin with some basic questions about literary texts: How can we understand documents from ...

This Guide for the Perplexed provides an advanced introduction to literary theory from basic information and orientation for the uninformed leading on to more sophisticated readings. It engages ...

This is a new and enlarged edition of Mark Fortier's very successful and widely used essential text for students. Theory/Theatre provides a unique and engaging introduction to literary theory as it ...

In “Goodbye, Mr. Keating” (Careers, July 7), Thomas H. Benton asserts that the academic study of literature is, or has become, incompatible with the love of literature that attracts so many students ...

”Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies” is a two-part course running over two semesters. Part I (winter term) is a weekly lecture course all first-year students of English should attend. The ...

*Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies* is a two-semester course: Part I took place in the winter semester and covered seminal theoretical approaches to the study of literature and culture. In ...

It has held sway in the humanities for nearly four decades, surviving even the great culture wars. But it is being used in surprising ways. Either literary theory is dead, or it’s invincible. It all ...

Chengkai Gu ’24 is collaborating with professor Paul Franco on a paper titled “Deconstructing Deconstruction.” Deconstruction is a mid-twentieth century literary and philosophical movement that ...

Curtis Gruenler has taught in the English department since 1997. His major area of teaching and research is medieval literature and thought. His interest in the relationship between Christian theology ...